Shrimp

Vietnamese farmers mix salt with water to raise shrimp
Vietnamese farmers mix salt with water to raise shrimp

Farmers in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam are willing to add salt to their freshwater ponds in order to cultivate shrimp, a practice experts say

US court rejects Indian shrimp exporters’ appeal of anti-dumping duties
US court rejects Indian shrimp exporters’ appeal of anti-dumping duties

A US trade court has rejected Indian shrimp exporters’ appeals of two US Department of Commerce determinations

Nutrition key to fish and shrimp health
Nutrition key to fish and shrimp health

Fish and shrimp feed production specialist Skretting is celebrating 25 years since it launched its first health-focused aquafeed.

Crude protein and lipid from biofloc meals from an activated sludge system
Crude protein and lipid from biofloc meals from an activated sludge system

Finished feeds with chromic oxide as an inert marker. Bottom, left to right: reference diet (REF); diet with 30 percent biofloc produced from wastewater (BFL-W)

Biofloc and clear-water RAS systems: a comparison
Biofloc and clear-water RAS systems: a comparison

Because closed aquaculture systems have very low water exchange and controlled inputs, and because they typically have a smaller footprint than traditional open

Green water meal has potential as aquafeed ingredient
Green water meal has potential as aquafeed ingredient

Microalgae species found in the green water system, Borneo Marine Research Institute. (A) Chlorella sp.; (B) Scenedesmus sp.; (C) Pediastrum sp.; (D) Coelastrum

EHP a risk factor for other shrimp diseases
EHP a risk factor for other shrimp diseases

The intracellular, hepatopancreatic microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) has been reported in cultured black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)

Mixing Cost Center is at the heart of feed manufacturing
Mixing Cost Center is at the heart of feed manufacturing

For shrimp feed formulas, the mixing should be done in two continuous steps. First, dry mixing in which all major ingredients are added from the largest

Shrimp feeds depend on proper ingredient grinding
Shrimp feeds depend on proper ingredient grinding

Aquafeeds for fish, shrimp and other aquacultured species must be reduced to and have a particle size small enough to meet the digestibility and manufacturing

A look at the SME controlled extrusion process
A look at the SME controlled extrusion process

Today, most shrimp feed manufacturers use the traditional pellet press equipped with long residence time preconditioners and post pellet cooking units.

Best practices for optimum shrimp feeds
Best practices for optimum shrimp feeds

The pelleting operator is responsible for controlling the process and ensuring that the resulting pellet product meets the quality standards.

The warmwater shrimp revolution
The warmwater shrimp revolution

The exotic shrimp cocktail -- bland, wet and pallid and on special occasions served in half an avocado -- was as close as my family got to eating shrimp of any

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